Inspired by Nick’s post. I had to do two lists so i could mention tomatos and butternut squashes in the light of my earlier pedantry.
Vegetables
- Potato
- Carrot
- Parsnip
- Brocolli
- Spinach
Fruits
- Banana
- Strawberry
- Passion Fruit
- Butternut Squash
- Tomato
Just so we can be clear, the following things are also, using the technical (accurate) definition, fruits… courgettes, peas, aubergine, peppers, basically most things that you think are vegetables are actually fruits and no number of US court judgements are going to change that, if a judge said that octopuses were birds because we sometimes eat them in the same context as we do chicken (on skewers, in salads) would that make it so? No of course it wouldn’t.
And then lish said:
alright alright i get the point
And then tom said:sorry
And then Dan said:Given that the final definition on your link was “disparaging term for a homosexual man”, I am surprised that no US court has banned marriage or sexual intercourse with a butternut squash.
At least, not that I can find online…
And then tom said:despite all this i do actually think of tomatos as vegetables
And then Dan said:Is there anything worse than a flipflopping pedant?
And then tom said:you ;)
And then Dan said:Cue much hilarious tromboning
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